Liu Yu was so frightened by the scene in his dream that he broke into a cold sweat. He suddenly sat up from the couch, breathing heavily, and the brocade quilt on his body fell to the ground. ,
"Ah! Husband, are you having a nightmare?"
I don't know when, Wang Ze had already sat on the brocade ball in front of the couch, looking at Liu Yu quietly. When he was lost in thought, he was suddenly startled by Liu Yu's sudden sitting up, and he quickly looked at him. Asked with concern.
Liu Xuan looked inside the room and saw that rows of candles had been lit at some unknown time, but it was already dark.
Seeing the concerned look on Wang Ze's face, Liu Yu relaxed a little and reached out to pinch the little girl's tender face.
"Haha, it was indeed a nightmare." When Liu Yu thought of the real scene in the dream, his mood became depressed again.
"Not just a nightmare, but a nightmare that has the potential to become real."
Wang Ze pressed Liu Yu's big hand with his small hand, rubbed it on his face, and asked curiously.
"What kind of dream is that? Can you tell me about it?"
Liu Yu then told Wang Zeting exactly what he saw in his dream.
When Wang Ze heard Liu Yu say that in the fifth year of Yongjia, the Huns would conquer Luoyang, and the more than 100,000 Luojing residents, whether emperors, ministers, or soldiers, would become fish and meat for the Huns and barbarians to slaughter at will. , also exclaimed in fright.
"The fifth year of Yongjia? Isn't that next year?" Wang Ze couldn't hide the surprise in his tone, "Could it be said that Ying Luo Yang's theory that Ying deceived Zi Wei back then, within three years, will be true? "
When Liu Yu heard this, he was confused.
"Ying deceives Ziwei?"
Although, Liu Yu knew that the so-called Yinghuo star in ancient China refers to Mars, because it appears and disappears in astronomical observations, and every time it appears, it can lead to certain mysterious events, and Ziwei star refers to Mars. One of the five North Pole stars that comes to refer to the Emperor Star.
Wang Ze's face no longer had the usual playful and coquettish look, but was full of seriousness.
"Yes, my husband is Ziwei. When I was in Youzhou, I heard my father say that in the third year of Yongjia, Xuan Yu Xiuzhi, the Taishi Ling of Liu Yuanhai of the Xiongnu, once said this. At that time, I heard When I said this, my father once said that the Jin Dynasty was in decline, and even the celestial phenomena were like this. I originally thought that this was just a way for the Huns to corrupt the hearts of the Jin Dynasty, but I didn't expect that it was so true in my husband's dream. Doesn't this mean that when he declared that Are Yu Xiuzhi’s words really going to come true?!”
People like Liu Yuan and Wang Jun once lived in Luoyang for a long time. During the Western Jin Dynasty, many dignitaries in Luoyang believed in the Tao of Heavenly Masters, and they all followed these prophecies and celestial phenomena as a guide.
Therefore, when Wang Ze said this, Liu Yu also sighed.
"The Sima clan brought trouble to Xiao Qiang and killed each other. It can be said that it is self-destruction. It just pitied the millions of people in Zhongzhou. I am afraid that by then, all of them will be like cattle and horses but will not be able to get it."
Since the Yongjia Disaster, the entire Central Plains has ushered in the official "Dark Age". Before that, the original people of Jihan still maintained their vigorous appearance and heart. If we use the tone of the Taixi people to describe In other words, before the Yongjia disaster, all the Han people in the Central Plains considered themselves "people of God". ,
After the Yongjia Disaster, the originally powerful Han nobles would gradually become slaves under the Hulu tribe. Even in the post-Zhao Shihu era, the Han people could not even hunt on the land where their ancestors lived. A capital crime.
"My husband has tens of thousands of ferocious warriors. If that day comes, why not march westward, attack Heluo, and save millions of people from hanging upside down."
In more than a year of getting along with each other, because of Liu Yu's display of all kinds of knowledge about future generations, in Wang Ze's mind, the current Liu Yu is simply a great hero who knows astronomy from above and geography from below, and can see things for five hundred years. , in this moment of world crisis, isn’t it the time to show off your talents?
"Send troops westward to attack Heluo?"
"Send troops westward to attack Heluo."
Liu thought about this sentence and couldn't help but feel really moved.
Arrived the next day.
As usual, after discussing the political matters that needed to be dealt with with his generals, officials, and staff, Liu Yu started chatting with everyone about some interesting things.
At this time, Liu Yu casually described the scene he had dreamed about yesterday in detail to everyone present.
Finally, Liu Yu smiled lightly and said.
"This dream is just like this. Is there anyone who is good at interpreting dreams who can give me a little explanation?"
During the Western Jin Dynasty, both nobles and ordinary people were very enthusiastic about mysterious things such as dream interpretation. Liu Yu knew that there were several Taoist priests in Linzi City who were awarded the title of "Dream Interpretation" because they were good at interpreting dreams. There are many offerings.
However, after listening to Liu Yu's description of the dream, everyone in the venue looked at each other in shock.
Everyone secretly complained in their hearts that this kind of fishing is just a straight hook with salty bait.
People interpret dreams by analyzing dreams that are vague, difficult to distinguish, and specious. Liu Yu's vivid description cannot be more detailed, so what else is needed to interpret dreams.
However, since Liu Yu took charge of Qi Gong and revealed his vague ambitions, the powerful local scholars in Qingzhou have become much more active than before.
After hearing Liu Yu's inquiry, several Qingzhou scholars immediately spoke out, saying that this was the emperor of the Jin Dynasty who was brought down by traitorous ministers. The dream Liu Yu described should be true in the future. If it is true, This is the case. As a state pastor, Qi Gong has the responsibility to shoulder the important task of helping the world and saving the people.
In short, in the enthusiastic narrations of these scholars, it simply became "if Liu Jixing cannot succeed, what will happen to the people".
At this time, the rough generals in the Qingzhou Army also realized one by one that it turned out that the dream the general mentioned meant this.
Immediately, these generals in the Qingzhou Army also started shouting one by one, saying that if one day really happened, they would all rush to be the vanguard and lead the troops westward to Luoyang. They would not only clear the emperor's side, but also blow up The treacherous minister Sima Yue wanted to drive all the Huns and Hurus out of the Central Plains and drive them back to the desert to eat sand.
Seeing the reactions of these people, Liu Yu didn't express his opinion too favorably. It wasn't a formal negotiation anyway, he just took the opportunity to gauge everyone's reactions. After all, he was just talking about a dream.
If it is really like Liu Yu's dream, then several conditions must be met at the same time to lead to a catastrophe that can be called the "Yongjia Disaster".
Among them, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, who had to be regent, suddenly died of illness. Then the military commander Wang Yan and others who had to succeed him as the leader were incompetent and destroyed nearly 100,000 elite Chinese troops. Finally, the remaining Chinese troops guarding Luoyang had to be defeated. , allowing the Huns and Hulu to easily break the city.
This series of conditions must be met at the same time. How can it be so easy?
Regarding these, some scholars in Qijun, Qingzhou, headed by Yan Zhu, had the most opinions.
At night, in Yan Zuo's mansion, Yan Zuo was having a drink with his close clan, friends and disciples.
In the banquet, these people started to talk about the so-called disaster in the Central Plains that Liu Yu mentioned today through the interpretation of dreams.
"Hmph, for a vulgar warrior to act like this is simply ridiculous."
Yan Zhu, who was sitting at the top, knew the reasons behind Liu Yu's actions very well.
"It's just that with tens of thousands of mud-legged and Qiu servants, you already want to plot the Heluo Central Plains?"
Thanks to the drunkenness, Yan Yan said slightly out of control, but everyone present was also a close relative who could be trusted with life and death, so there was no scruple.
"Brother, what you said is absolutely true. If Liu Yu is ambitious, that's all. But he doesn't know how to rely on our famous scholars and virtuous people. Instead, he appoints more people who live in Jizhou. He clearly doesn't put the reputation of Qingzhou like us on In his eyes, there is no trace of understanding and kindness."
One of Yan Zuo's brothers immediately echoed.
In today's Qingzhou, among the more important county officials, more scholars from Hebei Province living in Qingzhou are in charge. And among these Qingzhou scholars, except for some extremely loyal scholars, most of them are in charge Officials such as shogunate officials, if they have Liu Yu's close trust, they have much more power than ordinary officials. However, if they don't have Liu Yu's full trust, they are just advising staff. Often they are not as good as some ordinary county magistrates.
The group of people led by Yan Zhu were exactly the kind of people Liu Yu appointed and secretly guarded against.
Regarding these, Yan Zhu also knew that if it weren't for his reputation in Qingzhou and the many relatives and friends of his disciples, he would not have appointed him like this after Liu Yu occupied Linzi. However, with the number of available scholars under Liu Yu More and more, these local powerful scholars with mediocre talents gradually received a cold reception.
"What happened today is enough to show that Liu Yu has a weak heart. He is just taking advantage of the opportunity and can't restrain his ambition. He doesn't look in the mirror. How can he be worthy of his talent and kindness?!"
Soon, other people who felt that they were unsuccessful in Liu Yu's Qingzhou shogunate began to laugh at Liu Yu. He did not overestimate his own capabilities. Due to luck, he stole a state and began to think about the general trend of the world. Without them, the backbone of scholars, what would have happened? It's all nonsense.
Among this group of people who were mocking Liu Yu while drunk, there was one person who also laughed along with the others, but the look in his eyes was different from those of the drunk people. He was not at all distracted. It was emitting bursts of light.
It was at this time.
Liu Yu was crouching down on the writing desk, looking at the volumes of documents one after another carefully.
Rows of candles were burning precariously next to it, illuminating the entire study like daylight.
Beside Liu Yu, Wang Ze was also reviewing volumes of documents with Liu Yu.
Finally, after finishing the calculation with his chips, Wang Ze finally let out a sigh of relief and stretched out his arms.
"Husband, I finally finished the calculation, and the count I got is indeed the same as what you calculated."
Wang Ze looked at the white paper in front of him, which was full of numbers and figures that looked like ghostly drawings.
Liu Yu smiled slightly, "This is a number invented by the former Shendu man. It is very fast and convenient to use for this kind of mathematical calculation."
Just now, the two of them were calculating the total number of soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, armaments, clothing and food in Qingzhou today. Although they already have statistics for each state and county, after summarizing, they still need to summarize and calculate again.
In this process, Liu Yu used B numbers and calculation methods of modern mathematics, while Little Girl Wang used some of the popular calculation methods at that time.
Liu Yu originally thought that China in the Wei and Jin Dynasties must be an era of mathematical ignorance. He could defeat the mathematics of this time with some basic calculations of later generations, but Wang Ze's performance far exceeded his expectations.
It turns out that many types of arithmetic scriptures, that is, mathematical works, were already popular at this time. Many of the complex calculations in them had methods to apply them. People like Wang Ze who came from a noble family had almost no experience in simple calculations.
Although Liu Yu couldn't understand some of the descriptions, the results were not deceptive. Some of the calculation methods used by Wang Ze gave the same results as Liu Yu's calculations.
However, there is still some gap between these calculation methods and the modern mathematical methods of later generations. In addition, Wang Ze's knowledge is not good, and the speed of application is still far behind.
Facing the results obtained on the paper, Wang Ze read the results out loud.
"Today, there are a total of 46,030 full-time military soldiers in the twelve counties under my husband's rule, and another 4,270 auxiliary soldiers."
In the Qingzhou Army, full-time military soldiers, that is, standard combat soldiers, are landlord soldiers with officially granted land. Although some combat soldiers without slaves have to take time to farm by themselves, there is no tax and they only need The food, clothes and weapons prepared for war are enough, and the rest of the armor, arrows, etc. are provided by the Qingzhou Army. In this way, the full-time army soldiers who can grant up to fifty new acres of land are almost the same as those of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in later generations. The soldiers are the same, and the pay is even higher.
The auxiliary soldiers of the military government are the reserves and supplements of the full-time soldiers. Although these auxiliary soldiers are also granted land, they will be levied different taxes according to their respective grades. However, compared with the ordinary household registration of the people, It is said that it is much lower, and when war breaks out, most of them are responsible for logistics and transportation, and there are actually very few tasks of actually going into battle to kill the enemy.
"There are also 2,560 cavalry and 3,670 horses."
The cavalry figure that Wang Ze read out would be quite bluffing. After all, a cavalry army of two to three thousand people, if well-equipped and properly trained, would be an incredible force.
Back then, Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were not necessarily more numerous than Liu Yu at the beginning. 11
